ANGLO-SAXON

the language spoken | 4 and written in England from the time of | w!, the Teutonic settlements in the country in | Cc } the fifth centary, until the middle of the | ch: twelfth. It forms tho basis of modern] 15 q but differs from it in being more ably thected, in the absence of any Latin | th ' @lement, in the use of words that bave| be } become obsolete, and a considerable | cb | variation in the orthography of others| fo still in uze.: [s. 46]